BAEN GSA at Texas A&M University

03/26/2025

Have you checked your email? Next week is the BAEN Global Mixer Potluck for the Spring semester. Make sure to sign-up and join the fun!

10/27/2023

Dear BAEN family,

Join us to celebrate diversity through delicious food and meaningful conversations at the BAEN Global Mixer Potluck on November 2nd🎉🎉🎉

Can't wait to see everyone there😊

Texas A&M University Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering

10/26/2023

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If you haven't heard, we have a newsletter! The first installment was emailed to those subscribed a few weeks ago. If you would like to catch up on exciting news in the department follow the link. If you want to add yourself to the list, subscribe at the bottom of the newsletter.

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10/24/2023

We had our first social of the semester! 🍕 🍕 🍕 🍕 It was a wonderful break for us all, filled with laughter and camaraderie as we recounted our experiences in the department and our research labs. Here's to making memories and growing friendships to shake off the blues!!! Really looking forward to seeing everyone at the forthcoming socials🥳🥳🥳🥳 Texas A&M University Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering

05/03/2022

Time with friends is always well spent.

Our end of semester social was filling and joyful! We hope everybody has a great end to their semester and finishes out strong with final projects, assignments, exams, and research. Yes it's a lot that us graduate students have to handle so make sure to also get enough rest and take care of your mental health.
-From your BAEN GSA team

04/28/2022

Howdy! BAEN GSA would like to invite BAEN graduate students and faculty to our last social of the semester this next Tuesday, May 3rd, from 12 to 2pm. There will be free food and drinks. We hope to see you there!

Please RSVP for the event using the link in our bio!

04/23/2022

Meet Pappu Yadav, the graduate student spotlight for this week!

He received his bachelor’s and master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and is now a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering working with Dr. Alex Thomasson. He was motivated to pursue his degree at the Texas A&M BAEN department because he wanted the opportunity to work with interdisciplinary team members.

His research interests involve remote sensing, precision agriculture, computer vision, artificial intelligence, and agricultural robotics. His favorite research article related to his field of interest is “Robust Visual Servo Control in the Presence of Fruit Motion for Robotic Citrus Harvesting” by Mehta et al..

His favorite aggie memory was when he walked under the Century Tree with his fiancée. Outside of research, he likes to watch world cinemas and do critical analyses based on screenplay, travel, hike, and barbeque.

04/15/2022

Meet Nirmitee Mulgaonkar, the graduate student spotlight for this week! She received her bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology and is now a Ph.D. candidate at Texas A&M University Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering working with Dr. Sandun Fernando in the Nanoscale Biological Engineering Laboratory. She was motivated to pursue her degree at the Texas A&M BAEN department because she liked the broad array of research topics focusing on emerging technologies.

Her specific research interests involve biomolecular interaction analysis, biologics and small molecule drug development, and antiviral therapies. Her favorite research articles related to her field of interest are from Dr. Priscilla Yang.

Her favorite aggie memory was seeing the Corps of Cadets march before a football game and meeting Ms. Reveille for the first time. Outside of research, she enjoys baking, cooking, experimenting with different recipes, gardening, and painting.

04/08/2022

Meet Vaishali Swaminathan, the graduate student spotlight for this week!
She received her bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation and Control Engineering and is now a Ph.D. candidate at Texas A&M University Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering working with Dr. Alex Thomasson. Her specific research interests involve remote and proximal sensing of nutrient (nitrogen) levels in cotton. Her general interests involve computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence, electronics and sensor-based technology in agriculture. Her favorite research article related to her field of interest is “Setting the Record Straight on Precision Agriculture Adoption” by Lowenberg-DeBoer and Erickson (2019).
Her favorite aggie memory was when she attended her first midnight yell practice. Outside of research, she loves to learn Bharatanatyam (a classical Indian dance form), hike, take long drives to explore the wilderness, and feed squirrels on campus.

04/01/2022

Meet Deanroy Mbabazi, the graduate student spotlight for this week. He is a Ph.D. candidate at Texas A&M University Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering working with Dr. Binayak Mohanty in the Vadose Zone Research Group. His research interests involve hydrology across scale; water, energy, and carbon cycle coupling; remote sensing; computational modeling; mathematical and statistical modeling. His favorite research article related to his field of interest is “A General Mass-Conservative Numerical Solution for the Unsaturated Flow Equation” by Celia et al..
His favorite aggie memory was when he attended a midnight yell. Outside of research, he likes to play soccer, watch movies, and spend time with family and friends.

03/25/2022

Howdy! BAEN GSA would like to invite you to our first social of the semester this next Wednesday, March 30th, from 12 pm to 2 pm. There will be free food and drinks! We will also have board games and outdoor activities to help you destress and have a good time! Hope to see you there! Please RSVP using this link https://forms.gle/UNNCHoqUNNeoRDdb8 or refer to the linktree in our bio.